BOOK ONE

This section features a collection of illustrations and songs that appear within the narration.
They are listed in chronological order of book [B], chapter [C] and page [P].

This section features a collection of illustrations and songs that appear within the narration. They are listed in chronological order of book [B], chapter [C] and page [P].

Illustrations

B1.C1.P1 — Northlands. Plateau. Yves and Midnight travelling

B1.C3.P1 — Dimensional Planes of Shards. Panorama

B1.C4.P1 — Northlands. Northern Coast. Yves' Lighthouse

B1.C4.P6 — Yves. Potionmaking in the Northlands Lighthouse

B1.C4.P19 — Yves and Midnight. Feathers of Varna

B1.C6.P4 — Northlands. Northern Plateau. Storm at night

B1.C7.P13 — Northlands. Northern Plateau. Crater. Halia and Barthar

B1.C8.P12 — Albweiss Mountains. Northside. Entering. Midnight

B1.C8.P29 —Albweiss Mountains. Within. Midnight. Shifting into Darkness

B1.C9.P1 — Northlands. Northern Plateau. Zwischenland

B1.C9.P16 — Northlands. Northern Plateau. Zwischenland. Yves' loss of sight

B1.C9.P32 — Yves as Emery Thurm Novice. Blindfolded after the Elf Attack

B1.C9.P33 — Yves' Elf Drawings, created after the Elf Attack

B1.C10.P4 — Albweiss Mountains. Within. Tunnel with stream

B1.C10.P4, 5 — Albweiss Mountains. Within. Midnight's encounters

B1.C10.P21 — Albweiss Mountains. Within. Tunnel [Midnight chased by the Shadebeast]

B1.C10.P23 — Albweiss Mountains. Within. Cavern [Midnight chased by the Shadebeast]

B1.C10.P31, 43 — Albweiss Mountains. Within. Grand Ice Cavern [Midnight chased by the Shadebeast]

B1.C11.P1, 15 — Northlands. Desert

B1.C11.P3, 6 — Yves' Shaman Illusion. Mushroombird

B1.C11.P3, 7 — Yves' Shaman Illusion. Twig

B1.C12.P1 — Dwarven Temple atop the Varren

B1.C12.P12 — Elyndar Sylvren. Albweiss Mountains. Atop the Varren

B1.C13.P9, 14 — Albweiss Mountains. Southern Mountain Face [Midnight descending]

B1.C13.P20 — Albweiss Mountains. Southern Mountain Face. Fiator [Beast]

B1.C13.P24 — Albweiss Mountains. Southern Mountain Face. Batherga Scouts

B1.C13.P24 — Albweiss Mountains. Southern Mountain Face. Ork Ambush

B1.C13.P45 — Albweiss Mountains. Southern Mountain Face. Golem

B1.C13.P49 — Yves reading in desert dwelling. Afterword: 100.000-word mark

B1.C14.P14 — Midnight. Pathera and Patherren. Afterword: Christmas Greetings

B1.C14.P15, 21 — Barbarthara the Scorchborn. Reduced and non-reduced forms

B1.C15.P4 — Yu. Albweiss Mountains. South-Eastern Mountain Face

B1.C15.P22 — Yu. Albweiss Mountains. Albweiss Mountain Guild

B1.C15.P38 — Borman, Adult. Albweiss Mountains

B1.C15.P67 — Yu. Albweiss Mountains. Albweiss Mountain Guild. Window

B1.C17.P4 — Samasira. Albweiss Mountains. Albweiss Mountain Guild. Familiar

B1.C17.P12 — Samasira. Albweiss Mountains. Albweiss Mountain Guild. Lamp

B1.C17.P12 — Elyndar Sylvren. Albweiss Mountains. Traveller

B1.C17.P12 — Krynn. Albweiss Mountains. Traveller

B1.C18.P3 — Albweiss Mountains. AM Guild. Sick Bay

B1.C18.P4 — Young Selder. Albweiss Mountains. Traveller

B1.C18.P4 — Selder. Adult Albweiss Mountain Wanderer

B1.C18.P43 — Yves with 505 Sign. News: 2 Year Anniversary Trade

This illustration of Yves appeared in this news post celebrating the 2 year anniversary and 200.000 words milestone

Songs

The music section features a player with all songs from the story and more.

B1.C4.P16 — Poetic Rendering of Plot — Feathers of Varna

B1.C5.P3 — Wizard Nursery Rhyme — The Witching Hour

THE WITCHING HOUR  —  WIZARD NURSERY RHYME

Witch-Sung

Bard-Sung

One-forty-one, the witching hour’s begun,
When Teharun rises and darkness is spun
Witches emerge, sinister and cold,
With malice and mischief, their curses unfold.

One-forty-one-forty-two, dread the dark brew,
Of potions and hexes, where shadows accrue.
Wizards, take heed, for danger’s afoot,
Under Teharun they dance, spells that none refute.

Wise wizards hush until two-twenty-two,
No words to be spoken, no magic to strew.
The witches are cunning, their tricks hard to see,
In this silent vigil, true safety shall be.

From one-forty-one to two-twenty-two,
A pact with the night makes the deadliest shrew.
Wizards, stand guard, your senses be keen,
For in this darkest hour, the witches convene.

Let not your spirit be twisted or swayed,
By their sly incantations in the moon’s serenade.
A whisper, a cackle, a rustle, a hiss,
Signals the hour when in greatest power they bliss.

In shadows they linger, in secrets they revel,
To thwart their deceptions, stay quiet, stay level.
For the witching hour is a precarious feat,
Within Teharun’s reach, where witch mothers meet.

So heed the warning, oh wizards so wise,
From one-forty-one, till Teharun leaves the skies.
Protecting your magic, your voices, you might
In the silence of night, keep safe from their sight.

B1.C10.P49 — Albweiss Mountain Song — To Dwellers in Darkness

 

The night Midnight achieved true affinity with darkness,
a new song resonated from the heart of the Albweiss.

Light Version

Dark Version

We asked one hundred bones
Of one hundred lives
Then we would return
The one he desires

Find one hundred beasts
For us on to feast
And we will hold true
The word we give you

Though we won’t satisfy
With any lesser than yours
So have all of them be
Selected by us

But mind you, be wary
For in the mountain they sing
To dwellers in darkness
The darkness will cling

He will capture your essence
But if you take him all in
Your trust be rewarded
With the power he’ll bring

In your quest you became
A formidable beast
You fought eighty-nine
And brought eighty-eight feasts

We admire your progress
And your resolve to compete
But sadly, oh sadly
You faced your defeat

We honour your skill
You were but so close
But this bet is now over
And your familiar still ours

Young wizard, now lay
Your spirit to rest
But rest reassured
You were one of the best

You brought us great fun
And we will sing of your game
When tonight we will feast
your familiar in your name

B1.C12.P1 — Dwarven Heritage Song — A Heritage of Flame and Steel

 

A Dwarven Song heard within the Dwarven Temple atop the Varren.

Original Version

Sung by Younger Voices

Under the mountain deep and wide
Where stone-carved Kings in shadows bide
The fires burn where Forge was born
Through molten veins the steel is sworn
A thousand Clans now sing their song
In the heart of stone where they belong   

The hammer's clang
The Forge's might
Lit up the dark
Defied the night
Beneath the halls where echoes sing
The temple guards the Crown and Ring
Oh halls of granite pride and flame
Each chisel marks a royal name   

Beneath the Mountain’s iron Crown
The ancient halls go winding down
Faces carved in rock so grand
Guard the pride of Dwarven land

The echoes sing of Kings of Old
With hammers bright and hearts so bold
Their thrones of stone still hold the lore
Of battles fought and legends more

The halls resound with battle's song
Of Dwarves who stood so fierce and strong

Their axes sang through steel and flame
And carved their glory into fame

The Anvils hum with ancient song
Of forging right and crushing wrong
A heritage of flame and steel

Oh Brothers hear the stories of the Kings who stood so tall
Their shadows dance in firelight upon the temple wall
A tapestry of ages stitched in veins of silver thread
The living honour what was built by those who now are dead
Oh the stone it sings of glory the echoes never fade
Through halls of gold and silver where their mighty hands once laid

Raise the Banner of the Stone
Our blood
Our name
Our temple’s throne
The Mountains hold our ancient lore
A heritage forevermore

Their shields bear scars of battles past
Their spirits forged to ever last
Through endless night and cavern’s wail
They carved their truth in this grand tale

Oh temple deep where Heroes dwell
Where tales of glory rise and swell
The blood of Clans runs through the veins
Of every stone in these remains

The halls resound with spirits’ might
Their wisdom guides us through the night
A treasure greater than all gold
Our history’s worth, more than told

The Anvils hum with ancient song
Of forging right and crushing wrong
A heritage of flame and steel

Oh Brothers hear the stories of the Kings who stood so tall
Their shadows dance in firelight upon the temple wall
Through every crack and crevice the spirit still remains
The courage of a thousand hearts flows within their veins
Oh temple of the ancients your secrets hold the key
To the Dwarves' eternal legacy, their strength and unity

The hammer's clang
The forge's might
Lit up the dark
Defied the night
Beneath the halls where echoes sing
The temple guards the Crown and Ring
Oh halls of granite pride and flame
Each chisel marks a royal name

B1.C15.P1 — Albweiss Mountain Guild Song — Guild Guards

 

[Excerpt] Sung by those who guard the Albweiss Mountain Guild.
  

In the heart of the Albweiss cold
Tales of frozen guards unfold,
Who in the frost their purpose found,
And to the guild their lives had bound.

In the snows our stories live,
Legends of the life we give,
Guilds of old and gilded lore,
Keepers of the mountain core.